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Bruce Parry is back!

:cool: Ooo I love Brucey!!!!

I was thinking of emailling him and asking if he would like me to accompany him :cool:

He's my kinda guy!!!! :cool:
 
Those llamas are so cute...and the little boys dancing was very cool...:)
I loved that little boy, he was so feeling those tunes!

Fabulous opening episode. I hope Charley Boorman was watching.

The illness of the producer was terrifying, such a rapid onset.

The impact that cocaine was having on that valley was so far reaching.
 
Bruce Parry is boss and the new series looks pretty good.

As far as Ray Mears goes, i find it hard not to admire his skills and large forearms :)
 
That was very very good. Interesting ethically - wasn't sure if he'd get involved in the coke production. Must have taken a LOT of reassurances to get the coke guys at the bossa to trust him..

He was WANKERED when he was chewing the leaf and looking after the llamas :)
 
I couldnt believe he got NEAR them. He has to have paid them.

Llamas always look like they are wearing pajama bottoms from the back. :)
 
interesting they left the director's illness in the programme - kind of makes you wonder what would have happened if things had taken a worse turn.

never was a fan of bruce parry but i was gripped by the prog tonight. he really can get along with any human being!

good stuff on the cocaine industry too.
 
:D

Actually Mr QofG's has a bit of a man-crush on him. He occasionally fantasises about going out for a few drinks and a curry with Bruce and Daniel Craig. Lots of manly back slapping and saying "You're my best friend you are!"
Id def go gay for Bruce :D such a lovely guy
 
oh god i loooooooooove him so much! :)

i reckon why he gets on well with all those people he visits is partly down to his open face and absolutely lovely engaging smile. anyone could guess he's a straight up proper good bloke.

fuck. i don't like cocaine anyway, but if i did, that programme probably would've put me off! not just because of the socio political thing - but the process, all that kerosene and chems :eek: i had no idea..

when people talk about getting pure cocaine over here, they're obviously talking out of their arse. :D
 
I * really * want to try some coca leaves. They should stop the cocaine trade altogether and start selling coca products legally - can you imagine having that tea for breakfast every day? :cool::cool:

That little boy dancing was the most endearing sight I've seen in aaaaaages! :D
 
What a brilliant episode, if the lovely Andean family get fed up of living on top of a mountain they can move in with me.
 
oh god i loooooooooove him so much!

i reckon why he gets on well with all those people he visits is partly down to his open face and absolutely lovely engaging smile. anyone could guess he's a straight up proper good bloke.

fuck. i don't like cocaine anyway, but if i did, that programme probably would've put me off! not just because of the socio political thing - but the process, all that kerosene and chems i had no idea..

when people talk about getting pure cocaine over here, they're obviously talking out of their arse.


Amazing, amazing, fantastic scenary, a great presenter:o, great stories, great people just bleeding great telly... i demand more:) I always get really choked up when he has to leave somewhere i know at some point i am going to blub, and the director guy's illness was bloody scary as well i am glad they kept it in though.

I said the same thing to the boy last night, it made me really cross when i think how much people here pay for it and those poor fuckers barely see a penny of it. And we all know, that yes there will always be people out there who will grow it but i am sure most would prefer to keep growing crops like chocolate and coffee if they could just get a fair and stable price. i sort of knew about the cost to the people but i had no idea about the pollution side of it. :eek:

And i want a little Ikker (sp) for my own that boy had the moves :Dand i just wanted to dance with him :)

God i do love bruce, for that man i would even deal with spider Cant wait till next week.
 
What a brilliant episode, if the lovely Andean family get fed up of living on top of a mountain they can move in with me.

I loved that family. What did people think about the daughter at uni, is it at all likely that she'll be able to come back to her village, after her education?

I was thinking about how much the family must have sacrificed to get her there in the first place. She may have to sacrifice too, in that her best chance of ensuring her family's continued economic existence is to stay in the city and work.

I was awed by the barriers she must have over come to get to university in the first place.
 
i reckon why he gets on well with all those people he visits is partly down to his open face and absolutely lovely engaging smile. anyone could guess he's a straight up proper good bloke.
He seems to have the same cheerful, humble and likeable qualities that Michael Palin had when he was travelling around the world.

Clearly, they're quite different people, but I can see similarities in their approach. They both seem like really nice, down to earth folks who don't take themselves too seriously and always let their interviewees do the talking.
 
What a fascinating and human way to approach documenting the cocaine trade. Should probably be used in schools.

Really a very good programme indeed.
 
Really interesting program last night, very glad i caught it......

Gonna go look up that benedict allen chap now, does anyone know if that american nutcase (Mike Hawk? Something like that) has done a series?..... He would be great for comedy value.
 
Just looked up that bloke I was on about..... he's called Myke Hawke, and he hasnt done a series...

I thought he was numpty ex US marine type chap, he's actually a well educated fucker! lol
 
this was indeed good.
i had seen the production of cocaine before (there's a video on youtube), but my flatmate hadn't and was astounded at the method of production (kerosene, sulphuric acid etc). the whole issue was handled very well though and unavoidably left you internally questioning the ethics of it all.

one thing that was strange was that he was hanging out with the cocaine producers and then immediately afterwards (at least in the edit) went to hang out with the police looking for the production dens. presumably he didn't tell them that he had previously been hanging out with the very people they were trying to find! pretty incredible from a production point of view, getting that kind of access to both sides - serious money spent?
 
serious money spent?

I wouldn't be surprised if it was only a few hundred dollars.

According to Parry, one of the producers was only making an $80 profit on a $900 investment. If that was me and someone offered me a couple of hundred dollars to film for a day, I'd probably take it.
 
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